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To all 'it may c onceraf- Be it 'known that I, DANIEL Indianapolis, in the county of Marionind State of Indiana, haveinvented certainnew and useful improvements 'in Reinforced.

Structures, owhich theifollowing is a speci- -iicat-io'n. j

This. invention relates to, im rovements in the. construction of walls, colliimns, beams,

lmee braces, and thelke, employedin building structures'of various'sorts, my invention -being more particularly,' although not exclusively, designed 'for vsuchf-membersv when used as parts of'- buildings, bridges, sewers, etc., which Iare commonly constructed `of concrete or other masonry; land the. inven- .n `To theseand other endsmy sists, in general, in a wall ,or column, and

beam structure principally characterized'by forcing members 'so disposed as to bond the structure in, all directions in which it may tion has .for its general-object to provide an improved structural member'of the class an for the purposeV above mentioned, char-l and' capacityto resist the various-strains to which it may be.v 'subjected in any and all-. directions, together with eater economy in 'respect to cost of materia s and construction ascompared with similar structurat-,presinvention con# vthe incorporation therein of tension or reinbe subjected to strains.,

yAs -above stated, my invention has tol do with wall, or column, and beam structures ofconcrete and 'generally similar materials I 'and contemplates thestrengthening and restrains existing 1n inforcement of such structures in a comparatively Simp e fand inexpensive manner by embedding therein a series ofI tension or reinforcing rods so disposed yas to resist thedirection of anyor--all of the'dimensions of the structure.v In ithe accompanying drawing I have illustrated `severa 'with tension membfrs" disposed in a variety of relations tosecure effective resistance to disruptivestrains occurring longitudinally,

crosswise and widthwise of th and referring thereto Figurel shows vertical and .horizontal members provided with tension rods disposed; in' accordance uwith the principles `of my invention. Ifig. i12, i'saverticlal sectional view of asimilar;y

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tratingk-'afvariety'of, arrangements of the larly, 'thefpurpose being to resist-the tensional strains caused in such columns byr a through connecte bond the material of the column together in tudinal dimension to prevent it from burstin under transverse stresses set up therein as y a force al plied longitudinally thereof.'

12 shows a oor slab or beamhaving emy'strudtureontlie line 2-2 of Fig. 1 illus-- transverse force a plied either directly or,l

members a'n'd' also to 'Patented Apr. 11, 1911. 4

tensionbr reinforcing rods:-Fi 3 -is asie'.V then pass over' to follow the other face simia crcsswise direction as well as in itsllongi'jbedded near its'iipper surface the compresv 1 y sion members 19 and near its lower surface 'the tension members 20.

Near the upper vor lower beam, or the body ofthe floor or beamer the like from opposite" ends-of the central horizontal -parts 23 exten ing outwardly from the ends of 'said' inclined arms and acrossl intqtheneXt.-beam, or down the face of the column whence it lmay extend across to the 4opposite face as `at- 11. -`The upward lextension of the shearing members away from the lower. tension members results in a tension chord in the lower ed e of the 'beam vof decreasing section towar the ends ofthe beam as is desirable for efficiency since the-tension in thelower edge is a maximum at the middle and decreases toward the supports. The extension of one of the' rods 21 throu h the shearing re 'on as at22 and thence a ong the upper sur ace -at 26 andthence across to the opposite face of thel column as at 32 results inthe one reinforcin member "passing continuously through 'aV Ytheregions of tension inthe two members.

the angle lbetween the beam and its support and w ich ma be made integrar-therewith. lSuch a lniee brace is most edfective when surface of the'- lilre', are embedded also metallic shearing members each of which comprises a* horizontal central portion 21, withinclinedA A -arms 22 extending outwardly through the' ,j

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ending over the ycolumn 10, or'extending as at v23 and down the face of the column as A' kneebrace 2i is shown strengthening combined` with a beam and column rein' forced continuously by tension members adjacent the facesv opposite the knee brace as column and the beam, thusbonding the tivo,

members securely at their junction;

'3 a horizontal section, these views showing at il the remforcing members as labove described extending in vertical parallel planes and bonding the material of the ,column inv two dimensions only as above described. But v by arranging the rods or members in a heliX'or spiral as shown at llwvherein they not only pass back andforth from one face' to the other of the Wall or column but also extend widthwise or' the latter and are in-.

terlooped as shown at'lithe material is Ialso bonded in the widthwise direction, making it sc cure lagainst. cracking or bursting in all tlnee'dimensions.

Vr From the foregoing description it will be vseen that the improvements herein described will be thoroughly eifieient in 'securing the objects designed Vand while other forms or "bootlier methods, all withinv the spirit of the invention are avpparentto those skilled in the art those shown and described are' ldeemed sutHcient-for purposes of illustrationw i 'I claim 40 l. The combination of an upright member with a transverse member' and a knee brace 'integral with`-botl'i," all of hardened yplastic having 'a tension member embeddedin the transverse member and the upright member and `following closelyithat portion of their surfaces 'oppositetbe knee' brace and extending away from these Surfaces and'crossing the uprighty member between themiddle of its`heightand the` knee braceand crossing'the transverse member .between thefmid Fig. Q'represents, a vertical section through a structure such asis shown 1n Fig. l, and F1 g.

,die of its span and the knee brace, and another tension member embedded in the knee f brace and overlapping the first mentioned tension member in both transverse member and upright member. l

.2. The combination of an upright member with a transverse member and a knee brace integral with both, all of hardened plastic having a tension member embedded lin the `transverse member and in the upright member and following closely that portion of their surfaces 'opposite the knee brace' and `extending away from that surface of the transverse member and crossing the transverse member between the middle of itsspan ,and "the knee bra-ce, .and another tension member embedded "longitudinallyI in the knee brace and extending diagonally across the transverse member'and the upright membenA Y'. ;y

3. The combination'of'an upright member 'with a transverse member 'ari-cefknembfrace, all' of hardened plastic with eiI bedded v tension members reinforcing' Ithe npr t emberend transverse rmember conti-nbias.n adjacent the surfaces opposite the: knee brac and extending away from said opposite sur* face of the transverse member lintermediate its middle and the kneev bracefand 'other tension members embedded vlbngitudinally Se through the knee brace. r i L' l llsfilhe combination of'a 41insverse mem ber continuous over an uprightfmember with kneebraces`r all of hardened4 plastic, reinforced continuously along` thel surfaces of S5 the upright member and along thes'urfaces the transverse member ob'lfi t` braces, said reinforcement having' away from said opposite surfce the knee brace andthe middle ff Die' of centinu'ous transverse in In witness whereof,v l ha A my hand and sea'l at Indiana 1 this 5th day ofDeceml sand nine 'hundred' a" 4Copies-"of thisrptn: may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing tiiiommssioner of Patents,

Washington, D.' C.

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